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Responce vs. Response

Responce

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Response

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Responce

1. Noun

responcef (pluralresponces)

Alternative form of response

Response

1. Etymology

From Middle Englishrespounse, respons, from Old Frenchrespons, respuns, responce, ultimately from the Latinrespōnsum, a nominal use of the neuter form of respōnsus, the perfect passive participle of respondeō, from re(“again”) + spondeō(“promise”).

2. Pronunciation

(UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈspɒns/

Rhymes: -ɒns

3. Noun

response (pluralresponses)

An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.

The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.

An oracular answer.

(liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.

(liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.

A reply to an objection in formal disputation.

An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.

A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.

3.1. Quotations

1338, Robert Mannyng, Middle English Chronicle

What was his respons written, I ne sauh no herd.

1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Two Voices

Then did my response clearer fall:
"No compound of this earthly ball
Is like another, all in all."

1874, James Sully, Sensation and Intuition, p. 17.

There seems a vast psychological interval between an emotional response to the action of some grateful stimulus and the highly complex intellectual and emotional development implied in a distinct appreciation of objective beauty.